ARC Review: Vivian Apple Needs a Miracle

“GET ANGRY. We
should all be so pissed at the Church of America that we’re willing to
break our hands in the metaphorical punching of its metaphorical face.” —Harpreet Janda, fugitive

The
predicted Rapture by Pastor Frick’s Church of America has come and
gone, and three thousand Believers are now missing or dead.
Seventeen-year-old Vivian Apple and her best friend, Harpreet, are
revolutionaries, determined to expose the Church’s diabolical power grab
. . . and to locate Viv’s missing heartthrob, Peter Ivey. This
fast-paced, entertaining sequel to Vivian Apple at the End of the World challenges readers to consider how to live with integrity in a disintegrating world.

You've already met Vivian Apple, right? Total bad ass who is trying to
take down The Church of America? Wait, what? No? Well before you even
read this review, you should totally go to your favorite bookstore and
pick up Vivian Apple at the End of the World. Not convinced yet? Read my review for the first book in this insanely addictive YA series.

My Review

So if you're still reading this, I'm assuming that you've already read Vivian Apple at the End of the World and are looking to see of the sequel is worth a read, or that you're okay with spoilers from the first book because I can't guarantee that I can't write a review for a sequel without spoiling some major events from the first book.

Vivian Apple Needs a Miracle picks up right where Vivian Apple at the End of the World left off. Viv and Harp are now in San Fransisco, Viv has met her older-half sister, and she's just realized that her mother in in fact, alive. It's a lot for a seventeen-year-old to handle, but what happens next really messes with Viv and Harp. The two teenagers aren't just teenage runaways now; they are considered fugitives, and the Church will stop at nothing to find them.

So does Vivian Apple Needs a Miracle live up to Vivian Apple at the End of the World? I'd say yes! It's just as fresh and strange as the first book because The Church of America is still going strong, and it's up to Viv and Harp to stop them. There's a little bit of everything in this book - flirting, romance, familial bonds, crisis, anarchy, and death. There's also a lot of action in this book, and I could see readers of series like Veronica Roth's Divergent devouring it.

Yes! Some of your favorite characters from the first book are back. And some of your least favorite characters from the first book are back, but Coyle also introduces readers to a lot of new characters in Vivian Apple Needs a Miracle. There are two new groups readers will be meeting during this book, and yes... a lot of new names! I won't lie to you and say that I was able to remember all of them, but for the most part, Coyle does a good job at keeping all of the new and old characters in the book and updating readers on the events going on with them while Viv and Harp come up with a plan to take down the Church of America.

So if you're looking for something different to read this fall, reach for Vivian Apple Needs a Miracle or Vivian Apple Versus America if you're in the UK. It's definitely not a book I would have read on my own if it weren't for receiving an ARC of the first book, but its action-packed sequences and real human emotions had me hooked. I'd recommend it to anyone interested in learning about the histories of religions or fans of science fiction and dystopian novels.

About the Author

Katie Coyle grew up in a small suburban town in New Jersey. The first
story she ever wrote was about a girl with a pet dolphin - eventually
the dolphin turned into a dog, and the third-person narration
unceremoniously switched over to first-person. The story was never
finished.

However, since then she has spent countless hours
dreaming up tales about the weird and wonderful things that happen to
teenage girls. She has an MFA from the University of Pittsburgh, and
spends her free time buying books she doesn't need and crying at
science-fiction television shows.

No comments
:

Post a Comment

Erin is a twenty-something-year-old lover of words and fictional worlds. When she's not reading or reviewing YA, she can be found teaching or fangirling about Star Wars, Harry Potter, and The Hunger Games. Her other interests include the Pittsburgh Penguins, sewing, and exploring her hometown.

No portion of this website may be reproduced, reposted, or used without the express written consent of the site administrator.

The books that are reviewed on this blog have been purchased by me unless otherwise stated. If a publisher or author has sent a book to me for review, it will be clearly stated at the top of the review. I do not receive monetary compensation for any of my reviews.